Arjen Kramer

Name: Arjen Justus Kramer

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Grade: Senior

School: George Hunter High School

Hobbies and Interests: Watching television, ventriloquism, cosplay, soccer

Appearance: Arjen stands at 5’8” and weighs 118 pounds appearing gangly. As far as fashion goes, Arjen is distinctly gothic; very black. His natural hair color is blond though he dyed it black for aesthetic reasons. He styled his shoulder-long hair into an asymmetrical undercut. He has a lobe piercing on his left ear. Arjen has a fair skin complexion, a pointy chin, no facial hair, a tiny nose, brown eyes and thin eyebrows.

Arjen has a husky voice. On the day of the abduction he is wearing a black coat, a black choker and a white plain shirt paired with black denims and black sneakers, while wearing a black University of American Samoa shirt.

Biography: Arjen Justus Kramer was born to real estate agent Rebecca and gastroenterologist Harry Kramer, who met each other through the personal ad section of the local newspaper. After having dated each other for five years they married and brought life to three children. Luis Kramer in 1992, Christina Kramer in 1995 and Arjen Kramer in 2001. Arjen’s older siblings often took care of him when his parents worked and he has established a good relationship with them as the three of them have shared hobbies they all were interested in.

Harry Kramer was a big soccer fan, so not only did he and his family watch soccer together regularly, but he encouraged his kids to play it and join a soccer club as well. Harry taught his children the ball early on when playing soccer with them on their backyard with the fence playing the role of the goal. Arjen joined a local soccer club when he was seven and has been training gradually since then. He enjoys playing soccer as it keeps him active and gives him time to spend with people he likes.

Another activity all Kramers had in common was watching television. They watch the TV on a daily basis. As a kid he consumed television most of the time with his siblings, after school and after having done his homework he would watch it a lot. He became familiar with lots of different genres, varying from anime, cartoon, sitcom, drama and movies they showed on there, him particularly being interested in drama of all kinds. As he watched a lot of television he also stumbled upon a certain Jeff Dunham - a comedian and ventriloquist that amazed him with his humour and the art of ventriloquism, trying to watching all of his shows on the internet. Christina noticed his obsession with him and other ventriloquists as he loved to show some YouTube clips to her and Luis and tried some tricks himself, she bought him a monkey dummy for his twelfth birthday he later named “Toto”. With that he began to practise and attempt to master the art of ventriloquising by learning, watching tutorials and trying to show off to his family, who are supportive of his hobby and proud of him being passionate about it. With that encouragement, he began to occasionally show off his skills to other people, e.g. to his friends, at parties or during family events. At first he only adopted Jeff Dunham sketches, but he began to try out original ones as well.

In school he had no troubles academically; the Kramers were known to ensure their children to be good in school, supporting them in case they struggled with classes by financing tutoring. Some teachers would recognise Arjen to be the younger brother of Luis and Rebecca who also went to George Hunter Highschool due to looking similiar to them and having Kramer as a surname. Luis and Rebecca were both academically well-off and so Arjen would also quickly be recognised as a good student partially because of that.

However, Arjen would have some problems with some classmates of his due to them mocking his odd behaviour in class such as him sticking pencils in his nose when he’s concentrating, him smelling badly when puberty hit (which did not mix well with him practising soccer three days a week) and when they found out he was doing ventriloquism, they mocked him for that too. Even when changing his behaviour by wearing deodorant, that didn't stop them making fun of him. The last straw that broke Arjen’s back was reached when a boy during swimming class insulted Arjen’s family that were known to be upper-class. Arjen reacted angrily and impulsively and shoved the head of the boy into the water, leading to the teacher having to intervene. Arjen received a warning, and his parents were informed, shocked by the news they had an intensive talk with him about what had happened and that they were disappointed by how he acted. They knew Arjen was a bit on the rowdy side during soccer, pulling shirts, or shoving others to obtain the ball, when they spectated his matches, but they had no idea on how to change him to become a less rowdy kid.

Arjen would watch a lot of anime in his free time, a passion shared with his siblings. Arjen could identify himself with main characters like Luffy, Goku, Naruto and others, who got to keep on fighting for their goals. Luis, who was much more into anime than him and was more connected to the anime community, introduced him to cosplaying, an art that also began to fascinate Arjen. Whenever there were anime conventions, he and his brother would then go on and cosplay as their favourite characters, putting a lot of effort into their costumes, their new hairstyle and makeup, with success as they often came home with having heard a lot of compliments on their work. Arjen learned via tutorials on how to sew cosplay, a skill that would also be helpful for him when creating or modifying his ventriloquism dolls. Rebecca and him would also craft costumes together for the three of them; Luis was not interested in sewing at all and would have ordered the costumes if he hadn't had his siblings. Arjen was also particularly interested in seeing other people cosplay and their art and way to do it.

In his free time he likes taking a walk to clear his mind. As he lives near a graveyard, he often takes a walk on it, another reason why people think of him to be creepy, but he enjoys it nonetheless. Another free time activity of his is listening to metal music. Furthermore, he shares a netflix account with his siblings and would casually talk about soccer and television. He is still close with his siblings, even though only Luis is still living at home while Christina moved in with her boyfriend, who also lived in Chattanooga. Luis is currently attending university studying medicine while Christina is already working as a bank employee. Arjen plans on studying medicine as well.

In school he would have friends and acquaintances he would talk to on lunch break or during class when teachers aren't around. He likes to avoid people he does not get along with, which is not hard since the student body is quite large so he would always find someone to hang out with. He especially likes to hang out with people from the soccer club he's part of. Some people still find his behaviours to be weird, as he would still unconsciously stick the pen into his nose. He also is not the most popular, because he would often narc or snitch things to the teachers to get a good grade, in addition to coming from a well-off family, a so-called "weeb" and a hobby ventriloquist. He is not very approachable, unless you talk with him about television, soccer or anime, which makes him tolerable to fellow anime fans and television junkies, but not to anyone else.

Advantages: Arjen is fit due to his soccer practice. He has a good stamina in running long-distance and sprinting. Him also being a ruthless player in soccer could translate to the death game.

Disadvantages: He can be aggressive and impulsive. He also has the reputation of being creepy which makes it harder for him to ally up with other contestants as he is rather unapproachable. He also could be a target for being viewed as being odd and not likeable.

Designated Number: Male student No. 075

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Designated Weapon: Flammenschwert

Conclusion: That is a very nice sword. If you spin it around and scream loud enough, people might think you're scary and not stick around long enough to realize you've got no way of using it properly. - Matt Richards

'The above biography is as written by Sh4de. No edits or alterations to the author's original work have been made.'

Evaluations
Handled by: Sh4de

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Collected Weapons: Flammenschwert (assigned weapon)

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Mid-game Evaluation: Arjen woke below deck of the capsized yacht, he grabbed his sword and tried to make it above deck, though the tilt of the ship had him disoriented and he tripped, breaking his nose when he got out. Marco Volker found him, helped him out a bit. Marco's more blase demeanor, along with the general good spirits of other new arrivals Kelly Nguyen and Juliette Sargent, caused the thoughts of terror Arjen had been keeping boiling under, he started to clutch hysterically at Marco, earning a rifle butt for his trouble. Juliette took control, assigned Kelly to calming down Arjen, and the two hugged it out a bit while Arjen continued to stew in his newfound terror. He was humiliated, when Kelly and Juliette took to themselves to discuss in private Marco's continued demeanor began to get on Arjen's nerves.

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Threads
Below is a list of threads containing Arjen, in chronological order.

V7:
 * Als op een winternacht een reiziger
 * Holiday in Cambodia.
 * See You On The Road, Skag!

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